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A rare case: Typhoid fever with ARDS
Dr. Ramakrishna Ghubde, Dr. Archana Shekokar
Abstract :
We reported a case of a young male patient with typhoid fever whose clinical course was complicated by hypotension, enteritis , leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy and sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He recovered with prompt mechanical ventilatory support ,blood transfusion ,fluid resuscitation. ARDS in typhoid fever has generally proved to be fatal in reported cases.
Keywords :
Adult respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS)
S.typhi
Salmonella typhi. HRCT–high resolution computed tomography
AST–aspartate aminotransferase
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Dr. Ramakrishna Ghubde, Dr. Archana Shekokar A rare case: Typhoid fever with ARDS Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 1, Issue: 2 July 2012
